Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2017
The researcher Pierre Kim revealed that more than 185,000 vulnerable Wi-Fi-connected cameras are exposed to the Internet, ready to be hacked. According to the security advisory published by Pierre Kim via Full Disclosure, more than 185,000 vulnerable Wi-Fi-connected cameras are exposed to the Internet, a gift for crooks and hackers. The devices are affected by the following […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2017
The manufacture Dahua Technology has started releasing firmware updates fix a serious flaw in some models of its video recorders and IP cameras. Security experts believe the flaw is a true backdoor that could be used to remotely access the user database containing usernames and hashed passwords. The backdoor was discovered by a researcher that is known online as “bashis.” Once the attacker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 04, 2017
Exclusive: MalwareMustDie for Security Affairs released the list of the sites under attack. A criminal gang is using SSH TCP direct forward attack technique. MalwareMustDie is back and has published his the first post of 2017. The popular malware researcher has uncovered a cyber crime gang that is harvesting credentials and credit card numbers from major websites […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2017
Security experts at Trustwave have discovered a hidden backdoor in Internet of Things devices manufactured by the Chinese firm DblTek. Researchers from Trustwave have discovered a backdoor in IoT devices manufactured by a Chinese vendor that is refusing to fix it. The backdoored devices are produced by the VoIP firm Dbltek, the researchers speculate the backdoor was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2017
The prosecutor’s office in Cologne and the Federal Criminal Police Office have arrested the alleged mastermind of the MIRAI attack on Deutsche Telekom The agents at the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) have a man that is suspected to be involved with the massive attack on Deutsche Telekom that affected more than 900k routers in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2017
Top NATO General Petr Pavel confirmed that Russian propaganda was behind a false report of a rape by German soldiers in Lithuania. Psychological Operations are not a novelty in the military and Russia demonstrated a great ability in the adoption of such techniques. Top NATO General Petr Pavel confirmed that Russia was behind a false report […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 09, 2017
ENISA has issued the annual ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2016, a document that synthesizes the emerging trends in cyber security The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) is an EU Agency composed of security experts that work with these states, public organizations and private groups to develop advice and recommendations on good practice […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2017
Researchers at the antivirus firm Dr.Web discovered a new strain of the Mirai bot, a Windows variant, targeting more ports. Security experts at the antivirus firm Dr.Web discovered a new strain of the Mirai bot targeting more ports, and it is a Windows version of the popular IoT malware. The Windows version of the Mirai bot […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2017
Smart TV vendor Vizio makes the headlines because it has been caught while secretly collecting consumers’ data through over 11 Million devices. IoT devices are privileged vectors for surveillance activities, mobile devices, gaming console, smartphone and even smart TV could be used to spy on users. Now one of the world’s biggest smart TV makers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 31, 2017
Hundreds of thousands of Netgear routers are vulnerable to password bypass, the company issued updates only for a number models. An impressive number of Netgear routers is affected by two flaws that can lead to password disclosure. It has been estimated that hundreds of thousand devices, potentially more than one million Netgear routers, could be hacked, by both a […]
